It can be said that from the 14th to the 15th century, Swiss mercenaries had their reputation on the battlefield in Europe. This made other European countries hesitate about the issue of using force against Switzerland, especially after Switzerland declared its permanent neutrality.

Haven't you seen that Norway is also a permanent neutral country. Why did Germany push them during World War II but didn't push Switzerland? In addition to some strategic reasons, the Swiss were so impressed by bravery. It would be too difficult to push a region that could face resistance after a huge amount of effort. Even the smoke of gunpowder was obviously unwise.

The Swiss spears were once rampant in Europe for hundreds of years. Everlasting victory means fighting for years, fighting against foreign enemies and between tribes within the country.

The Swiss eventually walked out of the battlefield, but Europe or the world still needed mercenaries. So, a mercenary group that was born almost the same period as Switzerland but was slightly less famous for various reasons began to gradually become the leading group in this industry. They were Hessen.

Hesse refers to a mercenary group composed of German soldiers from the Rhine region, especially the Hesse-Kassel region. Hesse-Kassel is a small German state located in the state of Hesse today. It has always had a tradition of mercenary troops, and the commissions of mercenaries once exceeded half of the country's income.

For the Hesse-Kassel local regime, the training, training and pension of mercenaries have become an important industry.

"If we lose the mercenaries, we will lose all our resources." This is the original saying of William VIII, the Earl who ruled Hessen at that time. That country was the few countries that were almost entirely directly founded and dominated by mercenaries like Switzerland. Unfortunately, they did not achieve the same achievements as Switzerland.

After the great turmoil in France, they were incorporated into the Rhine Federation. From then on, this country, founded and dominated by mercenaries, disappeared into the long river of history. But the country disappeared, and the legacy left by the country did not disappear. As far as Hou Dasheng knew, jackals were a group within Hesse back then.

In history, Hesse was a mercenary unit that was almost as famous as the Swiss mercenaries. Since the Hesse mercenaries are an important source of income for territorial areas, they naturally received great attention. The maintenance and training of the standing army remained at around 24,000, and the military-civilian ratio in Hesse reached an astonishing 1:15.

Their officer qualities were ahead of the entire Europe at that time. At that time, they were hailed as "the best combat force that can be invited with money."

What George mentioned was the origin of the war between the United States and Britain. At that time, the British army had limited troops and it was extremely difficult to fight across the sea. Therefore, the British made a decision that seemed very common in Europe at that time: to hire mercenaries.

Black became their first choice. The first batch of Hessian mercenaries with more than 12,000 people in the first period were thrown into the American battlefield. As the war gradually became tight, the number began to increase to more than 30,000. In fact, for the Germans at that time, the profession of mercenaries was one of the ancestral businesses.

City-state system, political, geographical and economic demands. Bankrupt nobles who had a lot of combat experience, poor and young men who were looking for a way out for a living... During the reign of Friedrich II of Hessen, he began to pay pensions to officers or widows of the dead and overhaul public facilities.

Hesse signed 37 mercenary service contracts between 1677 and 1815, of which 20 of which were the United Kingdom. Britain later even hoped to give priority to the use of Hesse mercenaries at any time. In this way, when mercenaries as a group had disappeared from other European countries in the 18th century, the Hesse people continued their mercenary business. They also tended to gradually expand, scale and formalize.

The British Parliament even passed an agreement at that time to purchase the "priority right of employment" for £125,000 a year. This priority further developed into "a special relationship between Britain and Hesse", and Hesse only "exported" troops to the United Kingdom from then on.

Of course, as a "vassal state composed and led by qualified war dealers", Hesse successfully provided war services to both sides in the Austrian war of succession to the throne. At the beginning of the war, there were 6,000 Hesse mercenaries in the British army, and Britain formed an alliance with Austria in the war of succession to the throne.

But Prussia and Bavaria, the enemy of employers, expressed that if Hesse lends troops to fight for it, it will give a lot of territory and turn Hesse into the Holy Roman Elector. So the Earl of Hesse sent them six thousand without hesitation - of course, this is not free.

The Hessian troops sent to America to fight were naturally indispensable for the predecessors of jackals. In that war, more than half of the Hessian mercenaries died in battle, disappeared, or died of illness. Only half of the people survived. The powerful Hessian mercenaries not only liked by the British, but also by the Americans.

Especially when they have just gained a foothold and have not yet fought with their motherland. Since Hesse is a mercenary, then the British can invite Americans. The only problem is that Americans do not have as much gold and currency as the British.

However, this is not a big problem. Although the United States does not have so much gold and currency, they have vast land! This is fatal to the grassroots Hessian mercenaries. The Hessian mercenaries captured during the battle were all well received. Then the federal officials came forward to communicate.

Most of the mercenaries are either small nobles or poor people. Although Americans cannot give gold and money, they can give a lot of land. Of course, the condition is to defend their own land. How many Hessian mercenaries stayed in the United States after the war can no longer be fully verified.

How many Hessians received messages from their compatriots in the United States after the war and rushed to the United States is not verified. However, the traces of their stay in the United States are still very obvious today. The Hessian currency is called "Thaler", and the US dollar is called "dollar".

What more people don’t know is that their influence is enough to influence a presidential election. The largest trade union organization in the United States, AFL-CIO: The prototype of the Labor Federation - the North American Industrial Workers Alliance. Their working language is not English. But... German!

"We know your relationship with Hessen, and we also know your relationship with AFL-CIO." George sighed deeply. They only learned about the situation of the jackal. After all, if you have too much contact, you will always leave some traces.

But what if they know?! They actually can't do it. Hessen gradually moved towards history after being included in the Rhine Federation. But some of those who were unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history became the later Juncker. The other part was to switch to other battlefields and continue their mercenary career in other names.

Switzerland almost completely withdrew from the historical stage of mercenaries after 1860. But there are always some people who want to continue their mercenary career. Those people, combined with the unwilling crowd in Hessen, formed jackals.

The Miao descendants left by Hessen in North America, on the one hand, placed jackal veterans who could not continue to engage in military operations. On the other hand, they used the military power and wealth of jackals to gradually emerge and gradually became an important force.

With the help of Hessen's gradually expanding influence in the United States, the jackals also gained a relatively stable rear area. However, with the changes of the times, the United States gradually became stronger. The connection between jackals and Hessen gradually tended to be hidden.

"Since you know, why do you choose to shake these clever things with us?" Hou Dasheng stood up slowly with a smile on his face: "Okay, I don't have much time to talk nonsense. If you want, you can wait until I finish my business and go to the United States together."

After a pause, Hou Dasheng turned around and said, "If you don't want to, the matter will end here. We will use our own way to return our justice."

After saying this, he left the place with the hunting dog Hou Dasheng without looking back. After Hou Dasheng left, the jackals hidden in the dark slowly retreated. Of course, George knew very well that there were still people staring at them in secret. If they wanted to make any bad moves, these people would ask them to taste the smell of bullets without hesitation.

George stood up and looked at the three people behind him who had not spoken. Then he tightened his robe and began to walk out. Hou Dasheng was in the car at this time, quietly drinking the tea in his cup. Lu Song and other guys even got some tea. I have to say that the quality of this tea is pretty good.

"Let's contact again. This matter is very important and I have no choice but to make a decision." After George walked out, he nodded to Hou Dasheng: "But I believe that I will get the news soon."

Hou Dasheng put down the teacup and looked at George and still smiled: "I hope you will be as soon as possible. I don't have much time and patience to wait for your reply."

With the three people, George lowered his head and left. Hou Dasheng turned around and returned to the car, took out another satellite phone and dialed it out. After a while, the phone was picked up. Hou Dasheng pressed the phone and said in a deep voice: "Master, I will give you a list later. The Vipers can kill as much as you can. It is also a lot of money!"

"You... are sure to do this? Are sure... are to leave it to the viper?!" The manager on the other end of the phone asked with some uncertainty.

Holding the phone, Hou Dasheng showed his smile again: "You know, I know roughly. My problem with some people is an investor problem. It has nothing to do with the people on my list. Whether it is Viper or you, they are just doing business. This is just a order, and I will give you as much as you complete."

"As for the problem between us... we will solve it. I promise."
Chapter completed!